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10/12-2009

Working on a new website. Will be up early 2010... about time....
Just found a few more Faith No More «The Great Rattus Norvegicus» gig-posters for the Hove Festival concert this summer!
Poster can be be bought from the
ROBOT BUTIKKEN in Bergen, Norway.
200 NoK + shipping.
Silk screen posters.
Size: A2.
3 colours: bright blue, deep maroon/brown and gold.
250 gsm paper.
Limited edition printed in 100 ex.
Go get it!

29/08-2008



DesignER

Visningsrommet USF i Bergen inviterer til en designutstilling som appellerer til tenkningen rundt designbegrepet.
Deltagere i utstillingen designER: Circus Design, Are Bu Vindenes, Olav Eldøy, Bjørnar Vasenden, Tveit&Tornøe, Kadabra, StokkeAustad, Frost Produkt, Martin Kvamme, Kode Design, Runa Klock, Geriljaworks, Cathrine Kullberg, Jan Capjon, Einar Sneve Martinussen, Design uten Grenser
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29/04-2008
Oslo Collective
Visuelt Awards 08:
4 gold, 2 silver and 9 nominees


Poster (Illustration)
Gold: Ravner, a poster for the Borealis Festival 2007 (Mike Patton/Stian Carstensen + Mike Patton/Chirstian Fennesz)
Illustration: Martin Kvamme/Raymond Mozer
Graphic design: Martin Kvamme
Jury statement [N]: En dramatisk og monumental plakat for et samarbeid mellom to artister. den formidler sitt ærend uten omsvøp, men ikke uten distanse og humor. Samtidig er dette en ny sjanger – plakaten som objekt. Vi tenker på Hugin og Munin, men også på mørk sjokolade.

Cultural Packaging (Design)
Gold: CD sleeve for Dub Trio Another Sound is Dying on Ipecac Recordings
Graphic design/Illustration: Martin Kvamme
Jury statement [N]: Nyskapende bruk av illustrasjon, både teknisk og motivmessig. Her er det ikke behov for forførende trykktekniske hjelpemidler. Coverets sære motiv og sterke uttrykk får juryen til å spå at dette vil bli et nytt ikon innenfor platecovere.

Cultural Packaging (Design)
Silver: CD sleeve for The Ocean Precambrian on Metal Blade Records
Graphic design/Illustration: Martin Kvamme
Art Direction: Martin Kvamme/Robin Staps
Jury statement [N]: En visuell opplevelse! Dette er et cover man kan bruke lang tid på å betrakte. Da vi trodde vi hadde sett alt, var det bare begynnelsen. En rå bruk av trykktekniske detaljer. Overveldende, perfeksjonistisk og luksuriøs.

Poster (Design)

Nominee (Diploma): Ravner, a poster for the Borealis Festival 2007 (Mike Patton/Stian Carstensen + Mike Patton/Chirstian Fennesz)
Illustration: Martin Kvamme/Raymond Mozer
Graphic design: Martin Kvamme

Self-promotion (Illustration)
Nominee (Diploma): Eg liker å sjå på fuglar (T-shirt)
Illustration/design: Martin Kvamme

Cover (Illustration)
Nominee (Diploma): CD sleeve Helge Iberg ReHumaniZing for Aurora
Illustration/Art Direction/design: Martin Kvamme

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Editorial Design (Design)
Gold: NO Magazine
Design/Art Direction: Claudia C. Sandor & Halvor Bodin
Design Assistant: Anders Gressli
Photographic Director: Marcel Leliënhof
Jury statement [N]: Et magasin som ligger på toppnivå i internasjonal sammenheng. Det fornyer seg stadig formmessig, men har samtidig sitt eget uttrykk i behold. Vekselvirkningen og samspillet mellom design, fotografi og redaksjonelt innhold skaper et helstøpt sluttprodukt, hvor hvert element får den plass til rådighet som det fortjener.

Self-promotion (Design)
Gold: Poster Mortem steel posters, 70 x 100 cm x 2 mm (6 pieces) for the exhibition HBodin Retroskeptic at Grafill Gallery.
Design: Halvor Bodin
Jury statement [N]: Arbeidene demonstrerer en enorm nysgjerrighet på å utforske nye teknikker og muligheter. Utøverens retroskeptiske utstilling viser en stor kjærlighet til faget. Dette står det stor respekt av!

Poster (Illustration)

Silver: Poster Mortem offset poster, 70 x 100 cm (printed on both sides in five colors) for the exhibition HBodin Retroskeptic at Grafill Gallery.
Illustration & design: Halvor Bodin
Jury statement [N]: Plakaten gir oss et bilde av et mentalt landskap. Illustratøren innbyr tilskueren til en intens, men samtidig lavmælt opplevelse. Plakaten er en musikalsk reise, og gir noe vi kan orientere oss etter – et slags visuelt kart eller et partitur.

Open Category (Design)
Nominee (Diploma): Blunderville
Illustration/design/photography/Art Direction: Blunderbuss

Catalogues and brochures (Design)
Nominee (Diploma): Sesong (editorial catalogue for the department store Steen & Strøm Magasin
Design/Art Direction: Claudia C. Sandor & Halvor Bodin
Design Assistant: Anders Gressli

Poster (Design)
Nominee (Diploma): Poster for Oslo International Film Festival 2007
Design/Art Direction/illustration: Halvor Bodin

Website small identity (Interactive)

Nominee (Diploma): Website for Oslo International Film Festival 2007
Webdesign: Håvard Gjelseth
Code: Trond Sørli + Torgeir Holm/Simian
Identity design/Art Direction/illustration: Halvor Bodin
Animation/3D: Svein Kvamme

Idents (Moving Image)
Nominee (Diploma): Animated ident for Oslo International Film Festival 2007
Direction: Halvor Bodin & Svein Kvamme
Animation/3D/Compositing/design: Svein Kvamme
Identity design/Art Direction/illustration: Halvor Bodin
Music: Nils Ødegård

Open Category (Illustration)
Nominee (Diploma): Two illustrations, Rinspeed & Safelock Division for annual report and exhibition at the Kaba Group corporate headquarters.
Illustration & Art Direction: Halvor Bodin
Art Direction for annual report and the whole project with 11 invited artists: Martin Meier at Dachcom

Complete list of winners at the Grafill website.
Picture slideshow of the metal winners at Dagbladet.
The exhibition at Grafill Gallery in Kongens gate 7, Oslo is open from 26 April to 23 May.
A digital version of the exhibition will be screened in Stockholm at various occations in May. European Design Awards is one of them.
The catalogue will be available here: Tronsmo, DogA, Tanum Nasjonalgalleriet, Los Lobos, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art.
A review of the Awards Ceremony at the Kreativt Forum website and kjefta.org.

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25/02-2008
Win a Carstensen/Patton or Fennesz/Patton Poster!
NRK LYDVERKET>

21/02-2008
Sorry the silence, but I'm working on a new website (that will hopefully be finished soon).
Lots of updates later...

But in the mean time, here's one from the vault to keep you sated.
«Plastic Fantastic» Poster's for two Mike Patton show in Norway.
One with Stian Carstensen (Farmers Market) in Bergen and one with Christian Fennesz in Oslo.
Limited edition!

• 100 ex Carstensen/Patton
• 100 ex Fennesz/Patton
• 380x520 mm (8,3x11,7")
• Vacuum formed ravens (embossed 30mm)

• Silver foil typography
• Matte black plastic

The posters will be sold at the concert.

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30/05-2007
Design Awards!
Martin Kvamme wins several Visuel awards. 1 gold and 2 silver!!!
Burton Snowboards “Twin” gold, Open category | HAVE A LOOK>
Robot “visual identity” silver, visual identity | HAVE A LOOK>
The Ibsen Museum “On the Contrary” silver, signage system | HAVE A LOOK>
Read about it at KF News and Dagbladet

Several other awards to Oslo Collective received in Oslo and Athens the same night.
European Design Awards, Athens: Merit in the category for Motion Graphics for Oslo International Film Festival 2006 animated ident (Svein Kvamme, Halvor Bodin), Finalist in the category for Editorial Design, Magazine Layout: No Magazine (Claudia C. Sandor and Halvor Bodin), Finalist in the category for Editorial Design, Artistic/Exhibition Catalogue: Europan 8, the Norwegian and Cypriotic Catalogue (Halvor Bodin).
Visuelt Awards: Silver in the catecory for Editorial Design: No Magazine (Claudia C. Sandor and Halvor Bodin), Silver in the category for Cultural Packaging: The artist book Monster Baby for Bjarne Melgaard/Marie-Louise Ekman/Malmö Konstmuseum (Halvor Bodin), Silver in the category for Motion Graphics: Oslo International Film Festival 2006 animated ident (Svein Kvamme, Halvor Bodin), Diploma for the website for Oslo International Film Festival 2006 (Håvard Gjelseth/Torgeir Holm/Halvor Bodin). Svein Kvamme received another two diplomas in the Motion Graphics category, one together with Adam Cable. Blunderbuss received a diploma in the Poster category and Emma Olsen/Hanne Martinsen received one Gold, one Silver in the Illustrations Student category and one collective diploma in the Design Student category for the brilliant magazine Anno.
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30/05-2007
T-SHIRTS!!! A limited edition black/white t-shirt series put together by Martin Kvamme and Henrik Svanevik will be sold at the Robot shop in Bergen. Ten different prints made by ten different artist and limited to twenty copies (ten male, ten female). The t-shirts are made by: Are Kleivan, Blank Blank, Grandpeople, Kim Hiorthøy, Martin Kvamme, Non-Format, Rui Tenreiro, Halvor Bodin, Teipu and Yokoland
. To order, contact Henrik Svanevik at the Robot Shop in Bergen/Norway. NB! Some prints might be sold out already... Have a look at the collection | ROBOT*T*PROJECT>
Read about it at KF News
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23/03-2007
The book “Det er bare å lukke øya” recieved a diploma at Årets vakreste bøker 2007 (The National Book Design Awards, Norway). The awards are hosted by The National Library of Norway and Grafill. Oslo Collective friends Claudia and Halvor received a silver and a diploma. The talented boys at Yokoland received the gold award in the photo/artbook category and the main award Selected Book of the Year (Årets vakreste bok). Congratulations!
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16/03-2007
UPDATES!!! CD covers. Askøy's finest pop singer, Magnet, The Jessica Fletchers, Dharma and Moving Oos + some new posters. Click the New Work link.
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05/03-2007
Design Awards! The Burton “Twin” Snowboards wins gold at the Norwegian advertising award Gullblyanten (The Golden Pencil) category “graphic design”. Peeping Tom packaging received a diploma. Read about it at KF News, Kampanje or NA24
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20/11-2006
The prestigious PLUG award 2007 nominations have been announced, chosen by industry insiders and Peeping Tom "S/T" has been nominated for “Album Art/Packaging of the Year” & “Music Video Of The Year”. This is the 3rd year in a row me and the General gets a nomination in the packaging category. We are all happy, proud and crossing our fingers and toes... but you will of course help us voting!!! :-) | GO HERE TO VOTE:-)>
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20/11-2006
UPDATES!!! Been a while since I updated this site. The New Work link contains ...ehh... new work. My design for the new Burton Twin 07 model (designed together with the fine people at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design) Read about it at Dagbladet. Saosin's debut album, released on Capitol Records USA this September. Peeping Tom is Mike Patton's “pop” record, including artists like Rahzel, Massive Attack, Dan the Automator, Kool Keith and Norah Jones (she even sings Mother f***er on one of the tracks! What more can you possibly ask for?). a-ha, Kaada, Bertine Zetlitz, The Ocean Collective, Satyricon, Brut Boogaloo and even a credit card holder design for a bank! More to come soon.
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18/04-2006
Robot butikken til Henrik åpner i Skostredet 16 (Bergen) i dag. Martin har tegnet roboten og anbefaler alle som befinner seg i Bergen til å ta et besøk. | SE ANNONSE >
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14/01-2006
The prestigious PLUG award nominations have been announced, chosen by industry insiders and Fantômas "Suspended Animation" has been nominated for “Album Art/Packaging of the Year” & “Metal Album of the Year” | GO HERE TO VOTE:-)>
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24/08-2005
Martin & Hal Bodin are giving lectures on Music vs. Graphic design at the Insomnia Festival in Tromsø Friday August 28th. DJ/VJ sets by DJ Superlow. More info and sign up here! Artists like Datarock, Jaga , Mental Overdrive, Nils Petter Molvær, and Wibutee plays at the festival | HAVE A LOOK AT THE POSTER>
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27/07-2005
Massive updates in the Music section. Fantômas “Suspended Animation” beautiful illustrated by japanese pop cartoonist Yoshitomo Nara. Turbonegro “Party Animals”, photography by Sebastian Ludvigsen. Magnet “The Tourniquet”. JR Ewing “Maelstrom”. Ranheims finest, Israelvis “TheIsraelvisEffect”. Stonegard “arrows”. Nathalie Nordnes “Join Me In The Park”. Lavie “Just Like You” + Upcoming albums by Ricochets, Dadafon and Bob & Dave.
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27/07-2005
Tomahawk “Mit Gas” features in the July/August issue of the German magazine FORM in and article about Hotfoil stamping. Beautiful magazine, check it out!
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21/06-2005
Article in VG about music packaging.
Another article in several local newspapers, including Budstikka, Gjengangeren and Smaalenenes Avis among other... also about music packaging:-)
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01/06-2005
Magnet “Last Day Of Summer” limited edition 12" vinyl can be viewed at “The European Design Show” (28. May - 4. September) at Design Museum in London. The Press release says: “From Team McLaren Mercedes’ world-beating Formula One cars and the latest advances in rapid prototyping technology, to beautifully designed books and a newly invented shade of black, the Design Museum is showcasing the most inspiring design innovations to have been developed in Europe in the past two years”... Well, If they say so:-)
Articles (N) in Kampanje, KF and Propaganda.
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01/06-2005
My Ween poster for the Rockefeller gig (28. Nov 2004) has been picked as “Poster of the week” at Gigposters.com. Thanks Kjetil for poster-pushing-help:-) | HAVE A LOOK>
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04/05-2005
Den etablerte «strategiske» designbransjen surmuler bl.a. over at det var et platecover som vant embalasjedesign kategorien i Visuelt konkuransen i år. Ingen navn er nevnt, men Martinsen skjønner hvor de vil hen! At Grid og Uniform ikke skjønner arbeidet som ligger bak en internasjonal plateutgivelse (som faktisk har solgt over 100.000 eksemplarer på verdensbasis) er vel kanskje ikke uventet, men at Bleed heller ikke skjønner dette er hakket mer skuffende. Skjerpings folkens! Martin møter dere til syltetøyglass eller kjekspakke design-battle anytime! :-)
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04/05-2005
Martin Kvamme wins several Visuel awards. 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 diploma!!!
Fantômas “Delìrium Còrdia” gold packaging design | HAVE A LOOK>
Magnet “Last Day Of Summer” 12" vinyl gold cover illustration | HAVE A LOOK>
Magnet “Last Day Of Summer” 12" vinyl silver packaging design | HAVE A LOOK>
Bertine Zetlitz “Rollerskating” diploma packaging design (music section)
Ween “Crazy girlfriend poster” diploma Poster design (poster section)
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18/03-2005
Fantômas “Suspended Animation” artwork get presented in the April (why April?:-) issue of Creative Review Magazine in the “New Design” spreads. Designed by Martin Kvamme, Mike Patton and Lady T. Illustrations by Yoshitomo Nara. | HAVE A LOOK>
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18/03-2005
Design Award! General Patton v.s. The X-ecutioners artwork gets silver in the Graphic Design category at the Gullblyanten (The Golden Pencil). Designed by Martin Kvamme and Mike Patton. Horray!
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18/03-2005
Cloroform artwork update in the Music section
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28/12-2004
General Patton v.s. The X-ecutioners artwork update in the Music section.
Four-panel digipak with silver stamped “badge” on the front. Inlay: 6 panel poster with one “strategy” and one “attack” side.
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28/12-2004
The book Dos Logos released on Die Gestalten Verlag (Berlin) includes plenty of logos designed by UD+ and my norwegian friends; Bleed, Marta Magnus, Eirik Seu Stokkmo, Halvor Bodin and St. Paulus Creative Force. Article (N) KF.
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05/11-2004
Update in the Music section. John Kaada and Mike Pattons beautiful collaboration project “Romances” is to be released 29. November 2004. Hold tight!
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04/11-2004
Another update. Bertine Zetlitz new album “Rollerskating”. Images by Observatoriet.
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04/11-2004
Music section. Vidar Vang & the Northern Men. Images by Herborg Pedersen
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27/08-2004
The book SONIC, Visuals for Music includes my work for Fantômas, Tomahawk, Melvins, Sigur Ros, Magnet, Ween, Lamb, CoStar, Satyricon, Gluecifer, Kaada and Ricochets... puhh:-) Articles (N) in Ballade, KF and Propaganda.
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27/08-2004
Updates in the Music section. The National Bank, Savoy, Pekka Volt, Cadillac, CoStar and Darkthrone + some Posters.
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28/05-2004
NEW Friends Eat Together T-shirts in stock.
Black T-shirts for Boys, White T-shirts for girls, silver image. ONLY 299,- (Currently available in Oslo/Norway) | HOW TO GET ONE>
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28/05-2004
Opening Oslo Collective, Industrigaten 60. Come Friends!
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06/02-2004
I'm proud to announce that the new amazing Fantômas record, «Delìrium Còrdia» is doing doing very well worldwide!
In US it made the billboard charts and ranked on Soundscan. Artwork is designed by Martin Kvamme and Mike Patton.
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22/01-2004
The February issue of Creative Review Magazine presents Magnet's single Last Day Of Summer in their “New Design spread”
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22/01-2004
Opening, CD-cover exhibition, Norsk Form (23. Jan - 15.Feb). Children (9-14 years) has designed Krace's new single Crash. Martin Kvamme has assisted:-)
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08/01-2004
Presentation of mini-portfolio at the Propaganda website | GO>
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07/01-2004
Article/interview regarding Oslo Collective establishing, Kreativt Forum | GO>
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07/01-2004
Article regarding Oslo Collective establishing, Propaganda | GO>
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07/01-2004
Oslo Collective established. Four designers, one studio space. Adam Leonard Cable, Claudia C. Sandor, Halvor Bodin and Martin Kvamme | GO>
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19/12-2003
Interview regarding the new Fantômas “Delìrium Còrdia” design, NRK | GO>
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02/12-2003
Article in the Japanese IDEA Magazine December issue on Scandinavian graphic design history. Incl. Martin Kvamme | GO>
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27/11-2003
Mark For Design Excellence 2003. Martin Kvamme wins 2 awards. Bertine Zetlitz and BI (with Halvor Bodin) | GO>
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06/11-2003
Another Fantômas “Delìrium Còrdia” article, Panorama | GO>
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05/11-2003
Fantômas
“Delìrium Còrdia” has been postponed. The extra fancy packaging is proving quite complicated, Propaganda | GO>
 
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